wastes
英 ['weɪsts] 美 ['weɪsts]

n.

浪费( waste的名词复数 )；荒地；废料；白费

英英释义

waste[ 'weists ]

• n.
  • any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

    "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"

    同义词：waste materialwaste matterwaste product

  • useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

    "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"

    同义词：wastefulnessdissipation

  • the trait of wasting resources

    "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"

    同义词：thriftlessnesswastefulness

  • an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

    "the trackless wastes of the desert"

    同义词：barrenwasteland

  • (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

    同义词：permissive waste

• v.
  • spend thoughtlessly; throw away

    "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"

    同义词：blowsquander

  • use inefficiently or inappropriately

    "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"

  • get rid of

    "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"

  • run off as waste

    "The water wastes back into the ocean"

    同义词：run off

  • get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

    同义词：neutralizeneutraliseliquidateknock offdo in

  • spend extravagantly

    "waste not, want not"

    同义词：consumesquanderware

  • lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

    同义词：pine awaylanguish

  • cause to grow thin or weak

    同义词：emaciatemacerate

  • devastate or ravage

    "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

    同义词：lay waste todevastatedesolateravagescourge

  • waste away

    同义词：rot

• adj.located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

  "waste places"

  同义词：desertgodforsakenwild

词组短语

agricultural wastes农业废物

mining wastes采矿废物

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. The solid wastes can be incinerated.
   固体废料可以烧弃。
2. Many lakes and rivers have been polluted by industrial wastes.
   很多湖泊与河流已受到工业废料的污染。

权威例句

Methods for chemical analysis of water and wastes
Methods for chemical analysis of water and wastes
Bioethanol production from agricultural wastes: an overview.
Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Wastes to Improve Ethanol and Biogas Production: A Review
Anaerobic digestion of organic solid wastes: process behaviour in transient conditions
MANUAL OF METHODS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF WATER SEWAGE AND INDUSTRIAL WASTES.
A reverse logistics cost minimization model for the treatment of hazardous wastes
Natural radioactivity of Australian building materials, industrial wastes and by-products.
Current approaches to the revegetation and reclamation of metalliferous mine wastes.
An industrial approach in the search of natural antioxidants from vegetable and fruit wastes.